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The Nantucket Film Festival - unique in its dedication to supporting and promoting the art of screenwriting - launched the Showtime Tony Cox Screenplay Competition in 1996. The Festival's screenwriting focus was inspired by Nantucket's rich history as a writer's retreat and is one of the main reasons for the event's distinction as an important cultural institution.

TV screenplays must be for an original show. We do not accept spec screenplays for or spinoffs of existing shows;

We do not accept scripts for Reality TV shows;

Multiple episodes for a TV series should be entered to the competition individually;

Screenplays must be standard U.S. format only;

Screenplays must not have been produced;

Collaborations are welcome.

Screenplays must be in English;

Screenplays must be completed by entry deadline.
Screenplays must be submitted electronically via email at
submissions@nantucketfilmfestival.org or www.withoutabox.com;

Screenplays must have a title page; which includes only the title. Please Note: THE APPLICANT'S NAME MUST NOT APPEAR ON THE COVER OR ANY OTHER PAGE OF THE SCREENPLAY. JUDGES MUST NOT BE AWARE OF THE ENTRANT'S NAME. SCREENPLAYS THAT INCLUDE THE APPLICANT’S NAME ON THE COVER OR IN THE BODY OF THE SCREENPLAY WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED.

Entry must include an application. Keep a copy of your completed application form for reference;

There is no limit to the number of entries per entrant, provided separate applications and submission fees accompany each entry;

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Stephen Garvey and George R. Bradshaw Win Inaugural TriggerStreet.com Screenplay of the Year Contest

Stephen Garvey and George R. Bradshaw's screenplay "9/11
Kevin" was announced as winner of the inaugural TriggerStreet.com Screenplay
of the Year Contest, and will receive a staged reading before a live
audience at the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Nantucket Film Festival
in June.

"9/11 Kevin" was selected from over two thousand TriggerStreet.com
scripts, culminating from three levels of juried criticism - TriggerStreet
members, contest partner ScriptShark, an L.A.-based professional script
coverage service, and Nantucket Film Festival directors.

Founded in 2002 by Dana Brunetti and two-time Academy Award-winning actor
Kevin Spacey, TriggerStreet.com aims to give undiscovered filmmakers and
screenwriters-who may lack industry connections or the funding necessary
to promote themselves-an interactive platform where they can showcase
their work and receive feedback from their peers. The Nantucket Film
Festival's longstanding focus on the art of screenwriting and dedication
to discovering new talent made them an ideal partner.

Garvey and Bradshaw's past accomplishments include First Place in the
One-In-Ten Screenplay Competition, and finalist placements in the Academy
Foundations Nicholl Fellowship, Project Greenlight, The Fade-In Awards and
Scriptalooza.

"We're incredibly grateful to TriggerStreet.com and The Nantucket Film
Festival for this opportunity," said Garvey, "We're sick of reading the
script back and forth to each other and can't wait to hear it read by real
actors in front of an audience."

"9/11 Kevin" is described as the inspirational tale of a September 11th
survivor who breathes life, love and happiness into a rundown New England
town...and the two men who hate him. The reading, directed by Jace
Alexander ("Rescue Me"), will be performed Saturday, June 18th, from 2-4
pm at Bennet Hall.

This year's Nantucket Film Festival will also feature celebrity
appearances by screenwriting honoree Steve Martin, Ben Stiller, Steve
Buscemi, and Luke and Owen Wilson, whose "Wendall Baker Story" will close
the festival.